Flying with Eyes Closed

Are you looking for an exciting new career as a flight attendant? Then join us onboard at UPside Airlines, where we soar above the rest! Since 1969, UPside Air has been providing our passengers service throughout the East coast, Midwest and Canada. Chicago, Illinois is serviced by UPside Airlines operating as A STRATA Airlines express carrier. Operating a fleet of over 65 CRJ 200's, our family of 3,500 employees have been happily providing over 40 years of service! Also, as an employee at UPside Airlines, you'll enjoy free flight benefits around the world with our major carrier STRATA Air and it's express carriers as well as our partner hotel, car rental, and cruise companies! So get on board and join us by applying at www.upsideairlines.com! UPside Airlines: Let's soar to new heights!" This was the advertisement that suckered twenty one year old Charles "Chuck" Jenni into applying as a flight attendant at a failing midsize regional airline. This isn't a story of him working at a glorious, respected major carrier. He isn't jet setting to exotic lands and wild destinations. He isn't serving movie stars and famous musicians. This is the story of how he interacts with passengers on delays to make the best of his five-flight-a-day trips. Of how he and his pilots will either go wild and party in the lamest hotels in the most boring cities of the Midwest, or just lock themselves in their rooms and not talk to one another for a four day trip. This is the story of his love affair and heart breaking romance with a co-worker, and of his travels on his days off with fellow flighties around the country. Poetic, comical, and dramatic all at once, Chuck finds himself Flying with eyes closed.